Welcome to the IC of Bolivia!

We are very pleased to announce that the creation of the new IC of Bolivia was formally approved at our AGM in July and warmly welcome their members to our IC community.

Bolivia celebrates a rich tennis history, which started with the arrival of British and North American immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century, who worked in railroad construction and mining and began practising the sport in mines at Uyuni and Oruro. The Bolivian Tennis Federation (FBT) was founded on 24 March 1937 in Catavi (Potosí) with the aim of organizing and promoting tennis, and is now affiliated with the ITF and the South American Tennis Confederation.

Today, there are around 16,000 active tennis players in Bolivia. Nearly 10,000 of these are ranked in the National Federation, and 12 players have also been ranked within the ATP or WTA. The country has 32 clubs spread across nine ‘departamentos’, including three centenary clubs: National Tennis Club Oruro, Tennis Club La Paz and Cochabamba Tennis Club. Other major clubs are in Santa Cruz and other cities, including Sucre and Tarija. The clubs have served as meeting places for people of different backgrounds and have promoted values such as discipline, respect and teamwork.

Discussions around the creation of the IC of Bolivia started at the IC Centenary celebrations at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in August 2024 – which were followed up with approaches to professional players to secure their support. At the start of 2025, the founding team worked alongside the IC Council and members of the ICs of Argentina and Uruguay to create the statutes for a new IC of Bolivia, and held a founding day with their 19 founding members to establish the Constitution on 1 March in La Paz.

The founders presented their plans at the IC AGM on 6 July and the creation of the IC of Bolivia was formally approved.

From this point, the board of the IC of Bolivia plan to:

• Hold their first AGM
• Onboard around 20-30 new members
• Set up a philanthropic programme that will offer tennis coaching for disadvantaged children in key cities around Bolivia
• Start the organisation of an IC of Bolivia Invitational event for 2026 – working with the ICs of Argentina and Uruguay
• Work with the IC Council to create the IC of Bolivia website and social media pages.

Please join us in welcoming the IC of Bolivia to our IC community!

New IC Brochure published

- Compass IC Junior Challenge; reports of the 2014 event held at The All England Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon, Great Britain and the 2016 event held at the Monte Carlo Country Club, Monaco. Now a permanent fixture in the calendar, the Compass IC Junior Challenge is a wonderful opportunity for Juniors to gain international match experience at some of the world's best tennis clubs 

- IC Philanthropy; established in 2009, the IC Philanthropy (ICP) has established a growing portfolio of programmes across the world to use tennis as a means of providing disadvantaged children with an alternative path in life 

- Jean Borotra CQS Sportsmanship Award for a player who has shown the outstanding standard of sportsmanship commensurate with the objects of the International Clubs throughout their playing career. Steffi Graf was awarded it in 2014, and Rod Laver in 2016. 

- 2017 preview and further information  

Many thanks to Alexander Kurucz, President of the IC of Germany and member of the IC Executive Committee, for his time and meticulous work on the content, layout and overall production on such a large project and fantastic publication. Extended thanks must also go to the following members of the IC Executive Committee; Julian Tatum (IC of GB) and Berta Tintore (IC of Spain) for their support and the articles on the Compass IC Junior Challenge and Potter Cup respectively, alongside everyone else who helped put the content and overall design together.